WORKING WITH CHILDREN TO HEAL INTERPERSONAL TRAUMA: THE POWER OF PLAY

By SUSAN LEWIS

CONTENTS PART ONE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS IMPACT CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 A REVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH ON THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF INTERPERSONAL CHILDHOOD TRAUMA CHAPTER 3 THE ROLE OF HEALTHY RELATIONAL INTERACTIONS IN BUFFERING THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ­ CHAPTER 4 CHILDREN’S SELF-­INITIATED GRADUAL EXPOSURE: THE WONDERS OF POSTTRAUMATIC PLAY AND BEHAVIORAL REENACTMENTS PART TWO CLINICAL RESPONSES CHAPTER 5 SILENT GRIEVING IN A WORLD WITHOUT WORDS: A CHILD WITNESSES HIS BROTHER’S MURDER ELIANA GIL CHAPTER 6 THE OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART: THE CUMULATIVE TRAUMA OF SURGERY AND SEXUAL ABUSE NICOLE ERIN JALAZO CONTENTS CHAPTER 7 A HERO’S JOURNEY: A BOY WHO LOST HIS PARENTS AND FOUND HIMSELF CHAPTER 8 A TORNADO DISRUPTS THE WEDDING, TO THE RELIEF OF THE UNWILLING BRIDE: A GIRL’S QUEST FOR HEALING AFTER SEXUAL ABUSE CHAPTER 9 FINDING THE TREASURE WITHIN: SPONTANEOUS STORYTELLING AND THE SANDPLAY JOURNEY OF AN EMOTIONALLY DESPAIRING GIRL CHAPTER 10 “STITCHES ARE STRONGER THAN GLUE”: A CHILD DIRECTS THE HEALING OF HER SHATTERED HEART CHAPTER 11 MANNY’S STORY: A SOUL ASCENDING CHAPTER 12 “I AM AN ARTIST”: A SEXUALLY TRAUMATIZED GIRL’S SELF-­PORTRAITS IN PAINT AND CLAY CHAPTER 13 THE GIFT OF TIME: HELPING TO HEAL THROUGH LONG-TERM TREATMENT INVOLVING COMPLEX TRAUMA AND CULTURAL ISSUES CHAPTER 14 “THIS MOMMY HAS NO MILK!”: A NEGLECTED CHILD’S ADAPTATION TO LOSS AND HUNGER CHAPTER 15 PLAY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF FEELING: NIKI’S CASE